Bi-Quinary Rescue

This is the short story that inspired the novel, "Mistress of Molecules." It shows what a little logic can do in the face of an emotional crisis. Also contains opening chapters of "Mistress of Molecules."

The story concerns a human stowaway on an alien space ship. The human is trying to help the aliens who are in danger of being drawn by gravity to crash into a giant planet from which there can be no escape. The human has an idea the aliens are not willing to try because it violates their thousand-year-old traditions.